• Online Video of the AYPF/NCPR Forum on Financial Aid Practices
  
• NCPR Brief Available for Download
  

Media Inquiries

The following staff at the National Center for Postsecondary Research gladly provide information to the media:

General Questions: Lisa Rothman, 212-678-3091

Dual Enrollment Research: Katherine Hughes, 212-678-3091

Developmental Education Resarch: Elisabeth Barnett, 212-678-3091

Learning Communities Research: Thomas Brock, 510-663-6372

State Data Analysis and Financial Aid: Bridget Terry Long, 617-496-4355

Press Releases

• FEDERAL GRANT OF $9,813,619 AWARDED TO CCRC AND PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH NEW POSTSECONDARY RESEARCH CENTER -- CCRC, in collaboration with partners at MDRC, the Curry School of Education at UVA, and professors at Harvard University, and Princeton University, has been awarded a five-year grant of $9,813,619 from the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education for a new center focused on studying the effects of programs designed to help students make the transition to college and master basic skills needed to advance to a degree.

• NCPR AWARDED HOUSTON ENDOWMENT GRANT -- The National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) is pleased to announce the receipt of a $900,000 grant from Houston Endowment. The funds will be used to support the work of colleges in Texas that are participating in a rigorous evaluation of Developmental Summer Bridge (DSB) programs. These intensive programs are designed to help recent high school graduates enter college ready to undertake college-level coursework.

News Articles

• "QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF REMEDIAL EDUCATION"--Inside Higher Ed highlights findings about the effectiveness of remedial education as described in the NCPR working paper, "The Impact of Postsecondary Remediation Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach: Addressing Endogenous Sorting and Noncompliance." (July 31, 2008)
  
• "THREE NEW STUDIES QUESTION THE VALUE OF REMEDIAL COLLEGE COURSES"--The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights findings from a study conducted by National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) research affiliates. (July 4, 2008)
• CCRC'S NEW NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IS FEATURED IN 'INSIDE HIGHER ED'--Inside Higher Ed is the first publication to announce that the U.S. Department of Education is establishing a new national research center to be housed at CCRC. (July 11, 2006)
  
• NCPR KICKOFF IS FEATURED IN 'THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION' --Reporter Elyse Ashburn details the October 11th National Center for Postsecondary Research Kickoff in The Chronicle of Higher Education. (October 13, 2006)

Other Press

• STUDENT AID POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVE BROAD PRESS COVERAGE -- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008: A new report, "Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid," issued by the Rethinking Student Aid study group, calls for a set of policies that would fundamentally change how students and their families think about and prepare for college.
• LIVE RADIO INTERVIEW WITH NCPR DIRECTOR -- JULY 16, 2009: NCPR Director Thomas Bailey appeared on KUOW 94.9 (NPR Seattle), contributing to a discussion on President Obama's Community College-themed speech, which was given this past Tuesday at Macomb Community College. An archived version of the program can be found here: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=17967